{"product_id":"the-course-of-civilizations","title":"The Course of Civilizations","description":"\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eBy Johan Huizinga\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Course of Civilizations\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/em\u003eis a masterful collection of essays by cultural historian Johan Huizinga on the Middle Ages, the Renaissance, and the concepts of history and culture. In his exceptionally creative approach to history—called “cultural history”—Huizinga gave primacy of place to social relations, from which a culture derives its formative ideas and thus its unique character. The essays in this volume cover a fascinating range of topics, including the task of the historian; the role of ideals in cultural evolution; nationalism and patriotism; realism and the Renaissance; and a series of biographical portraits. Delivered in Huizinga’s classic, approachable voice, they present a compelling, critical treatise on how historical periods realize their shape and meaning within the broader context of the course of civilizations.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003ci\u003e“The chief task of \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003ecultural history is the morphological understanding and description of the actual, specific course of civilizations.”  \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e~\u003c\/span\u003eJohan Huizinga\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJohan Huizinga \u003c\/b\u003e(1872–1945) was a Dutch historian, philosopher, and a founder of modern cultural history. He was professor of history at Gronigen University from 1905 to 1915 and at Leiden University from 1915 to 1942, when the Nazis imprisoned him in a concentration camp. Huizinga lived out his life in exile. His works in English include \u003ci\u003eThe Waning of the Middle Ages\u003c\/i\u003e,\u003ci\u003e Erasmus and the Age of Reformation\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eHomo Ludens\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePaperback:\u003c\/strong\u003e 442pp.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 978-1944418779\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cluny Media","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53100025708911,"sku":"978-1944418779","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0970\/5337\/6879\/files\/Course-of-Civilizations.jpg?v=1781124458","url":"https:\/\/www.heavenlychristiangifts.com\/products\/the-course-of-civilizations","provider":"Heavenly Christian Gifts","version":"1.0","type":"link"}